In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TEGMENTA
Noun
tegmenta
plural of tegmentum
Source: Wiktionary
TEGMENTUM
Teg*men"tum, n.; pl. Tegmenta. Etym: [L., a covering.] (Anat.)
Definition: A covering; -- applied especially to the bundles of longitudinal fibers in the upper part of the crura of the cerebrum.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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